More Indian men are likely to be admitted to hospital during the last moments of life than women

More Indian men are likely to be admitted to hospital during the last moments of life than women–62.5% to 37.5%–a statistic revealed in new government data on deaths certified by a medical professional.

Of 1.06 million certified deaths in 2014, 667,000 were male; 400,000 were female, according to Medical Certification of Cause of Death: 2014, a census department report, about 11 percentage points more than the male proportion (51.5%) of India’s population.

For every 1,000 men whose death is certified by medical professionals, the corresponding figure for women is 600.